Proof is in the pudding-GLOCK’s anticipated 2018 release of the 19X is GLOCK’s first time to release a factory gun in a different color other than black. The most popular of these alternative colors is the Flat Dark Earth (FDE) which has remained an in-demand color for firearms and firearm accessories for years. Some colors are more popular, or at least more marketed than others-there hasn’t been a shortage of pink, purple, or Tiffany Blue firearms marketed toward women and there are plenty of OD green, FDE and some urban gray to choose from if black gets boring. Duracoating, colored accessories and furniture is a way to make it ours. Most popular semiauto concealed carry guns only come in one finish from the factory-black. I think the popularity of Duracoat comes from each of our desire to personalize or individualize our firearms, especially black rifles. This picture shows the variations in flat dark earth from manufacturer to manufacturer. DuraCoat has 17 versions of flat dark earth alone. There are hundreds of different variations of Flat Dark Earth. Light, dark, patterned-you name it, you can get it! Traditionally, guns were blued, steel and wood but since polymer started reigning supreme, most guns now come in a wide variety of finishes-if you decide to send in your gun for Duracoating, you can have your gun look like whatever you want it to. Apart from the Liberator and Hi-Point, the way a gun looks is pretty much subjective. There aren’t cultural beauty standards for this type of stuff, so the curves on the Smith & Wesson Model 60 revolver aren’t perceived by most gun folks to be any more attractive than the boxy GLOCK. When it comes to the way a gun looks, it is truly a case of beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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